Scotty knew there was sense behind Cassidy's words. He just couldn't be sure that it would end when they said it would. He couldn't do anything to help Sandy in this situation. It felt like he was froze in place. Still there was nothing he could do about in this place. Anything he felt like he should try would probably make it worse for her. He couldn't do that even though doing nothing was killing him.
"She shouldn't be in there. She.. it wasn't that big a deal," even though he knew for the other person it was a pretty big deal.